Ruby was the 63rd most common given name among people in the file born in 1921 — 5,755 carried it. Across all birth years, 201,183 people in the file carry the name; the largest birth cohort of Rubys was 1912.
Living to 67
Ruby died at 67. Of the 1,863,311 deaths in the file recorded in 1988, Ruby was younger than most — the median age was 76; the oldest person among them reached 119.
Died the same month
22,544 other deaths in the file were recorded in May 1988 without a recorded day, among them Aston Carter, Mary Kelly and Glen Wyles.
Other Bjernson records
2 people with this surname appear in the file. More Bjernson deaths in the file fall in the 1980s than in any other decade.